Character Rankings May 2015 Edition: The Results!

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Let's take a look at the top 20 (in no particular order):

4* Thor
X-Force
Fury
Prof X
Hulkbuster
OBW
BP
3*Thor
Iron fist
Luke cage
Kamala Khan
Cyclops
Cmags
3* Daken
Patch
Loki
Hood
LazyCap
Blade
Doom

OBW in the top 20 is not surprising (take a look at the 10/14 edition of the rankings), we've all played with her, we STILL have her and use her. She's good, that's undeniable.

The rest of the top 20 isn't surprising honestly. 6 of those 20 are "new" (have been introduced since the previous rankings), which is good, because it means we've been given a good amount of high-quality characters.

It will be interesting to see the top 3, first and second place have a 0.044 points difference, which means they're basically tied, even if the second got more 10 stars (WAY more).

It will also be interesting to see how hard X-force has been hit by the nerf. Definitely out of first place, probably out of top 3 too, I fear many voted him with very low scores just out of spite of the nerf, while he's still usable.

Can't wait to see the write-ups.

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Ebolamonkey84 wrote:

Past character rankings:
12/2013 - the beginning
3/2014 - standard deviation edition
6/2014 - meme edition
10/2014 - theme song edition
12/2014 - MM's last stand

Since it's been awhile since the last rankings, we're going to try to include writeups on all 69 characters included in the poll. That is going to take a decent amount of time, so I won't make you wait until they are complete to see most of the list.

Here is the heat map for this round of rankings:



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21. Deadpool
22. The Hulk
23. Kingpin
24. Rocket & Groot
25. 3* Black Widow
26. Falcon
27. Ares
28. 3* Human Torch
29. Scarlet Witch
30. Daredevil
31. Mystique
32. Punisher
33. 2* Thor
34. 3* Captain Marvel
35. Elektra
36. 3* Storm
37. Star-Lord
38. 2* Storm
39. She-Hulk
40. Devil Dinosaur
41. Invisible Woman
42. 2* Magneto
43. Gamora
44. Psylocke
45. 2* Daken
46. 2 * Wolverine
47. Squirrel Girl
48. Colossus
49. Juggernaut
50. 3* Spider-Man
51. 3* Iron Man
52. Sentry
53. Quicksilver
54. 2* Human Torch
55. 2* Hawkeye
56. Beast
57. 2* Captain Marvel
58. Doctor Octopus
59. Ragnarok
60. 2* Captain America
61. 1* Black Widow
62. 1* Storm
63. 1* Iron Man
64. Moonstone
65. Bullseye
66. Venom
67. 1* Hawkeye
68. 2* Spider-Man
69. Yelena Belova

Kingpin too low esp when he can combo w/ Scarlet Witch
Ares is surprising...maybe not.
Scarlet witch should def be above 3*BW
Punisher should be above Mystique/Daredevil, he can kill Ultron easily
She-Hulk should be top 20, PVP-relevance
3*Storm/2*Storm down, bleh
Invisible Woman should be above bad 4* like Star-Lord/Elektra
Psylocke should be above Gamora, she's part of team Girl Power
3*Carol could be higher being apart of team Girl Power
Jugg should have straight 10s, not sure if that would make him higher or not
Star-Lord/Elektra should be wayyyy lower i guess ppl are giving them + rating purely for being 4*
Ppl are overreacting at how bad Beast is, he should be above Bagsilver and Sentry at least.
2*Cap should be higher, he's the 2* way to fight overleveled goons
Moonstone is definitely higher than bad 1*(lol? What are you thinking everyone)

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raisinbman wrote:

Psylocke should be above Gamora, she's part of team Girl Power
3*Carol could be higher being apart of team Girl Power

???

What do you mean?

Moonstone is definitely higher than bad 1*(lol? What are you thinking everyone)

The current version of Moonstone may be higher (still have to try her), but the previous surely deserved her place behind the other 1*.

jimstarooney

Hulkbuster at#1
Kk at 2

Unknown

Very interesting.

I had expected a higher position for: Beast, She-Hulk and Scarlet Witch.

And I would have thought Mystique, Falcon and Grey Suit Black Widow would place lower.

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jimstarooney wrote:

Hulkbuster at#1
Kk at 2

I expect Hulkbuster to be very high up. If he isn't top 2, then it is likely because not a lot of people have enough covers to play with him yet.

I'm not as sure that KK will be that far up. I don't think she will have a higher ranking than Professor X at the very least.

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raisinbman wrote:

Kingpin too low esp when he can combo w/ Scarlet Witch
Ares is surprising...maybe not.
Scarlet witch should def be above 3*BW
Punisher should be above Mystique/Daredevil, he can kill Ultron easily
She-Hulk should be top 20, PVP-relevance
3*Storm/2*Storm down, bleh
Invisible Woman should be above bad 4* like Star-Lord/Elektra
Psylocke should be above Gamora, she's part of team Girl Power
3*Carol could be higher being apart of team Girl Power
Jugg should have straight 10s, not sure if that would make him higher or not
Star-Lord/Elektra should be wayyyy lower i guess ppl are giving them + rating purely for being 4*
Ppl are overreacting at how bad Beast is, he should be above Bagsilver and Sentry at least.
2*Cap should be higher, he's the 2* way to fight overleveled goons
Moonstone is definitely higher than bad 1*(lol? What are you thinking everyone)

I have never heard of team Girl Power before. Please explain.

jimstarooney

Raist818 wrote:

jimstarooney wrote:

Hulkbuster at#1
Kk at 2

I expect Hulkbuster to be very high up. If he isn't top 2, then it is likely because not a lot of people have enough covers to play with him yet.

I'm not as sure that KK will be that far up. I don't think she will have a higher ranking than Professor X at the very least.

I dont think shes the 2nd best character far from it.however I think every1 who has a usable one that has voted will vote her as 10, shes lush;)

Malcrof

KK is probably the most fun character released since i started playing, she is my vote for #1, and yes, i gave her full marks.

IMHB i don't think enough have him leveled to the point of his being useful, this may hurt his rankings some.

Marty17

Hmm...if ability change arrived BEFORE the poll, I'd assume she'll be higher ranked(?). Question is by how much? Marginal? Big boost?

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Marty17 wrote:

Hmm...if ability change arrived BEFORE the poll, I'd assume she'll be higher ranked(?). Question is by how much? Marginal? Big boost?

I'd guess around where 2* Human Torch and Hawkeye are.

stochasticism

Raist818 wrote:

raisinbman wrote:

Kingpin too low esp when he can combo w/ Scarlet Witch
Ares is surprising...maybe not.
Scarlet witch should def be above 3*BW
Punisher should be above Mystique/Daredevil, he can kill Ultron easily
She-Hulk should be top 20, PVP-relevance
3*Storm/2*Storm down, bleh
Invisible Woman should be above bad 4* like Star-Lord/Elektra
Psylocke should be above Gamora, she's part of team Girl Power
3*Carol could be higher being apart of team Girl Power
Jugg should have straight 10s, not sure if that would make him higher or not
Star-Lord/Elektra should be wayyyy lower i guess ppl are giving them + rating purely for being 4*
Ppl are overreacting at how bad Beast is, he should be above Bagsilver and Sentry at least.
2*Cap should be higher, he's the 2* way to fight overleveled goons
Moonstone is definitely higher than bad 1*(lol? What are you thinking everyone)

I have never heard of team Girl Power before. Please explain.

Well, inferring, we know two members of the team are and . That leaves us with no actives in . We also know the character is a female. The most likely candidates for a third, then, are followed by and , though who knows what is actually being referred to here.

xellessanova

Girl Power is probably the nickname for the Captain Marvel / Psylocke / KK team that tanks with Marvel and heals on each hit from Psylocke with Kamala's passive, until Kamala can punch everyone.

One good team combo powered by a top-tier new release does not make Captain Marvel and Psylocke more than ok.

Scarlet Witch might be ranked a bit low because she's new and really needs lots of covers to be good; having her at 1 or 2 covers is really bad.

Unknown

I agree Cap** is underrated because LCap exists. Same with tiny torch.
Juggernaut is overrated; he's not as valuable as tiny torch unless boosted.

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daibar wrote:

I agree Cap** is underrated because LCap exists. Same with tiny torch.
Juggernaut is overrated; he's not as valuable as tiny torch unless boosted.

I agree, but Juggernaut's rating is a result of the change in voting process. I doubt many people would have had Juggernaut ranked higher than many 2s in the old system, but there were 28 people who gave him a 10 using this system. I can only assume they voted him that high because they rated him as a 1* character, he as a 1* is as OP as they get.

Unknown

Juggernaut also is extremely useful in a few specific circumstances: DDQ, Balance of Power, Combined Arms, etc. That probably inflates his ranking a bit.

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Alastayr wrote:

Very interesting.

I had expected a higher position for: Beast, She-Hulk and Scarlet Witch.

And I would have thought Mystique, Falcon and Grey Suit Black Widow would place lower.

They should be higher, ppl are sleeping on them. I disagree about Falcon but ya

Marty17 wrote:

Hmm...if ability change arrived BEFORE the poll, I'd assume she'll be higher ranked(?). Question is by how much? Marginal? Big boost?

With Weekly buffs, she'll be really dangerous with Cage/Fist/Patch/Dakens everywhere. It's better than She-Hulks and Cheaper than Loki's.

xellessanova wrote:

Girl Power is probably the nickname for the Captain Marvel / Psylocke / KK team that tanks with Marvel and heals on each hit from Psylocke with Kamala's passive, until Kamala can punch everyone.

One good team combo powered by a top-tier new release does not make Captain Marvel and Psylocke more than ok.

Scarlet Witch might be ranked a bit low because she's new and really needs lots of covers to be good; having her at 1 or 2 covers is really bad.

Team Girl Power is great, and yes a team can be more than the sum of its parts - Winfinite, Magstorm, I could go on

Why are ppl ranking based on less than max covers? I seriously hope they aren't, gonna taint the pool

daibar wrote:

I agree Cap** is underrated because LCap exists. Same with tiny torch.
Juggernaut is overrated; he's not as valuable as tiny torch unless boosted.

Juggernaut not overrated, underrated best 1*, good teamup, King when boosted, can solo DDQ by himself

Raist818 wrote:

daibar wrote:

I agree Cap** is underrated because LCap exists. Same with tiny torch.
Juggernaut is overrated; he's not as valuable as tiny torch unless boosted.

I agree, but Juggernaut's rating is a result of the change in voting process. I doubt many people would have had Juggernaut ranked higher than many 2s in the old system, but there were 28 people who gave him a 10 using this system. I can only assume they voted him that high because they rated him as a 1* character, he as a 1* is as OP as they get.

What this person said

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If the write-ups are going to take a long time, is there any chance we can just see the full list?
I still want to read the write-ups, but I would prefer not to wait to see who the top ranked characters are if it is going to take a long time to post all of them.

Ebolamonkey84

Raist818 wrote:

If the write-ups are going to take a long time, is there any chance we can just see the full list?
I still want to read the write-ups, but I would prefer not to wait to see who the top ranked characters are if it is going to take a long time to post all of them.

I'll reveal 5 a day starting tomorrow. Does that seem like a reasonable timeline?

stochasticism

Ebolamonkey84 wrote:

69. Yelena Belova, even

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68. Bagman, -2

Another suggestion. Can you link to the characters thread in this forum for each character when you list their rank so that we can easily see the skills in detail.